In this season of increasing darkness, as we approach the shortest day, it is no accident that faith traditions celebrate light in Hanukah, Advent, Kwanza, for it is in our deepest darkness we can learn to trust the Light.
Today I led a funeral service for a 28 year old woman, who had a heart for the unlovely, for she had experienced it in herself in her short life. She carried the Light of God's love through her recovery from addiction, then through her cancer to her death, in ways many older people never manage. "You are the light of the world" says Jesus. As we notice all the lights sparkling in neighborhoods and stores and churches, let's pause each time and give thanks for the gift of Light, and pray for the grace to be Light.
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